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1988 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.-January-March:* January 1 – André Rieu's Johann Strauss Orchestra plays its first concert....

 album released by The Commodores. By this time in the band's career, hits were no longer forthcoming, and this album failed to crack the Billboard album charts

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

. One lone single, the perhaps appropriately titled "Solitaire" fizzled at #51 on the R&B chart, and no other tracks from the album charted.

Track listing

Tracks	Title	Composer
1	Grrip	Elcock, Orange
2	Bump the la la	Orange
3	Thank You	Hudson, King, King
4	I'm Gonna Need Your Loving	Oland, Orange
5	Solitaire	Cameron, Torano
6	Homeless	Goodrum, Malloy, Sharron
7	Miracle Man	Nicholas, Smith
8	Right Here 'N Now	Pomerantz, Potts, Stober
9	Stretchhh	Nicholas, Reynolds
10	Ain't Givin' Up	Smith, Stanton, Williams
11	So Nice	Malloy, Rich

Line-up

• J.D. Nicholas - lead vocals, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , background vocals
• Milan Williams
  Milan Williams
  Milan B. Williams was an American keyboardist and a founding member of the Commodores band.Williams was born in Okolona, Mississippi and began playing the piano after being inspired by his older brother Earl, who was a multi-instrumentalist...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , background vocals
• Walter "Clyde" Orange - drums, keyboards, lead vocals, backing vocals
• William "Wak" King - keyboards, trumpet, guitar, backing vocals

Additional Credits

• Artwork By - Tom Nikosey
• Photography - Ron Slenzak
• Hair - Dori Shear, Toni Greene
• Make-up - Marietta Carter
• Stylist - Ian Carter
• Management - Jo-Ann Geffen & Associates